Continuing Education

Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week Symposium

October 19–23, 2 PM to 6 PM each day
Bay State Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Services
463 Swansea Mall Dr, Swansea, MA 02777

Free continuing education. Food provided.

Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week Symposium schedule, Monday October 19 through Wednesday October 21
Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week Symposium schedule, Thursday October 22 and Friday October 23

Schedule

Monday, October 19

  • 2 PM - 3 PM – Bri Heavey, CVBL: From Manager to Leader: The Shift from Managing Work to Leading People in Veterinary Medicine
  • 3 PM - 3:45 PM – Christine Rockwell, CVT: Case-based discussion
  • 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM – Susan Hamin, LMHC: Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
  • 5 PM - 6 PM – Bri Heavey, CVBL: Practice Management Fundamentals for Veterinary Leaders

Tuesday, October 20

  • 2 PM - 3 PM – Sara Wilkes, DVM: Demystifying Cardiac Auscultation, Degenerative Valvular Disease and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • 3 PM - 3:45 PM – Rebecca Bacon, CVT: Case-based discussion
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM – Bri Heavey, CVBL: Practice Management Fundamentals for Veterinary Leaders
  • 5 PM - 6 PM – Meredith Nelson, DVM: Anatomy of an EKG and identifying common arrhythmias

Wednesday, October 21

  • 2 PM - 3 PM – Danee DesRochers, DVM: Blood Work Abnormalities
  • 3 PM - 3:45 PM – Chelsea Burns: Case-based discussion
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM – Ann Klocke, VMD: Urethral Obstruction in Cats
  • 5 PM - 6 PM – Alexa Splittstoesser, DVM: Kirby’s rule of 20; A global approach to the hospitalized patient

Thursday, October 22

  • 2 PM - 3 PM – Taylor LaFountain, DVM: Pancrea…what? Pancreatitis: Not only challenging to type, but also to diagnose and treat
  • 3 PM - 3:45 PM – Abigail Jacobson, CVT: Case-based discussion
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM – Ava Binns: Centering the human-animal bond: Applying the tenets of doula and palliative care to the clinical setting
  • 5 PM - 6 PM – Marisa Stone, DVM, DACVECC: CPR: Putting the “Us” in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Friday, October 23

  • 2 PM - 3 PM – Justin Lawrence, CVT, CVBL: Intro to Exotics: Small Mammals
  • 3:05 PM - 3:45 PM – Elizabeth Laramee, CVT: Case-based discussion
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM – Laura Nati, DVM: Toxicities
  • 5 PM - 6 PM – Gianna Coppola, CVT & Olivia Major: Blood banking/transfusion